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PablUhcd Wcducodny and Saturday ?by? Obtwn i*i bushing company blMTKH, S. O. Terms: M.00 per mumm?i.. advance. Advertisements. One Square. flrat inaertoin .$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion .60 Contracts for three montha or imm? er will he made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve privet? Interests will be charged for sje advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Stunter Watchman was found? ed in ia?0 and the True Southron In 1100. The Watchman and Southron new hae the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, aad hi manifestly the best advertising medium in Suinter. ItAlMlO \l> (it UtlNTKlJs." The fact that some of the railroads not making money, since the bus i slump began, has led to a good of loose talk about the "railroad grantee." Many people still seem believe that the government Is un? ter obligation to pay the railroads whatever amount is necessary tc then profits up to 6 per cent, is not true. The government's |jr amahclal obligation to the rail la Is left over from the war period 10 government is now out of the nil road business entirely, except fo? ouch supervision rs Is exerted auto mattenUt by the Interstate Commerce Vommnation. The situation Is well described by the New York World: "The railroads have not been guar 10004 anything in the way of traffic earning* or profit*. They havt permitted to charge uniform calculated, on the basis of a tried of normal traffic, to yield ?unte equal to coata of operation epkeep and ? per cent on th ?raised value of the properties ten three ratea yield more than C cent the money goes back into the as for the benefit of the service as whole to 4 he public and oherc it Is toot needed. When truffle falls shor tho roads have to bear the loss them eereee." They cannot even pass the los? around among each other. The Ne* ingland lines, which are In th>> wore, dlght, would like to have some o more prosperous lines furthe; dlvrde up their profits for th* iOW Englanders' benefit. Insisting tha te appraisal baa been unfair to them >re may possibly be some rrvbrioi sti suchten out demonstrable injus where they e'tat. but it will *tll up to every railroad to make gooo A Ha own effort. And that is thi thing for the railroads them Iveo in the long run, Just aa it i: le h**t thing for the public. TIIF. MKNACE OF THlf PA I IKS Hnry one-quarter of 1 per cent of area of continental I'nited States given over to national parks and monuments, explains the executive committee of the New England Con ference for Protection of National Paras, in a statement demanding tin defeat of the Smith and Walsh bilk and tavorlng the Jones bill, all three of which are now pending in congress The llrst two inlln would gvant cer tat a apparently harmless concession, for th* ( instruction by private inter eats of a dam and storage reservoir within the Yellowstone Park. Inves? tigation baa proved that this wou.r: actually deetr?y i.AOO acres of hltbei ? to ui.explored wondevland, abounding P?m beautiful fats and cascades tump? ing sites and graxlng land The Jones b II. on the other hand, would remove control of waltrpower concession* from the Federal Water p'Wfr commission, which is compos? ed of but three members and su'ajeot to a frequent change of personnel, und give it to congress. With all tho domestic und foreign policies which ore now troubling of beuis and pub k allk . the protection of the parks may seem to be a mat? ter of small rnportunce. Thr men? ace lies in Just that fact, tor gen? uinely destructive inroad* upon then Integrity may he made irrevocably wb?e the public la concerned with other things. Hlnce 99 3 4 per cent of Use are?i ol the nation is not fie aside for patng, but Is open to rom morrul development and utilisation, the otto r quart* i p? i <mit might he apai * d. ?' !1 ? ? -S \ \sf POWFIt FltOM W ATI'It. \V iterpower develops** S)| hi this invoiMng an Invootmont of ll.iOO.OOO.o ? and producing 1 J. roa.ooii hOfOepOWSr i* In p'ospe' t is a result ??r the Federal Water Ps/woi act passed by congress last spring, Requests for permits to atari work on reservoirs and dnma have been received from 119 applicant! in 11 slates, including Alaska und the Dsf> iru t of i'olumbli The projootg r from a small ton 'horsepower plant for a colony of sumnnr cot? ?a in Wyoming to a huse atorage ?ivotr in the upper Colorado river which would develop over lfAttt 000 horsepower by usin*; thCSS wa? ters thmugh a total dtop of 2.6.S0 feet. Twelve million horsepower mean* little tt ti e average mind. A bulle? tin issued by the Federal Water Pow? er Commission translates the figure? into terms which are more under? standable and Impressive. If properly applied, it would fur nish sufficient power for L'O cities the also of Chicago It is 40 per cen more than the total present watei power development in the Fnitet States. It is a third more th.Mt the total water power capable of being developed In the entire area o, France, and ."?(> per cent of the de? veloped water power of the whole world. Kleetrie power generated from wa? ter and transmitted under modern conditions, sa>s the bulletin. Is the only effective present substitute for the power generated by burning coal. There is no need to review the slowly increasing scarcity of coal 01 the costliness of its production. Ihr Initial work in utilising all this avail? able water power calls foi labor. Af? ter the conatruction work is done it is largely independent of labor, and It Is wholly independent of fuel sup? ply and rail or water transportation. 60 long as permits are granted only bj legitimate projects which will not infringe on public rights 01 react favorably to limited selfbjh in? terests to the disadvantage of the .vhole people, the only wish of the iatlon iu this regard is for the tulles >osalble use of ibis scarcely tcuche: tource of power. PANICKY IJCOISLATIOX. Legislation proceeds slowly in con- 1 ffress ir sp"e of the seal with which the members have tackled the pro? gram before them. Measures which pass the x>u?e are held up in the sen? ate, or vice versa, and one bill has been passed with full knowledge that it will an all probability be vetoed by the preside nt. Thia delay Is irksomo to the individuals and o>*guniz<4? :>ns hoping for immediate relief from their personal difficulties, but It is good for ths nation at large. The country Just .now is suffering rom fear Nothing very terrible has happened to any class us yet. but ev ??ry class Is timid and Jealous of ev ?ry other. As a result many meas? ures arg being pressed upon congress -vhlch are of doubtful wisdom or lair- ! r.ess where the country us a whole is concerned. There is grave danger | that relief measures hurried through under this pressure may prove later to have done little but relieve the cltiaen of more of his dwindling cash and plunge the nation into deeper diffi? culties. There are no starving people- There a no large number of people in any langer of more than temporary .Inhnctal embarrassment. It Is far better that pending bills should he subjected to thorough discussion than .hat pernicious measures should be? come laws through frantic haste f_ . as.iii..iux. ji . THE DIPLOMATS SAKYHY. Phy the American diplomut abroad, ills lot is frequently a hard one. Not only Is he houseless, but the depre? ciation of foroigu currency is fat worse for him than the Inflated val? ue of the American dollar is for citi aens at home. A comparatively ancient law. en? acted when the present condition Of international ttnance could not be 'oreseen. provides that diplomatic and jonsumr officers shall utilize their fed collections in paying their salaries gad running expenses of their )fllces, and remit to the government whatev? er excess there is in American gold or its equivalent. This is how the arrangement works. Tho normal salary of an agent In France may be $3,000. At normal exchange rates that would amount |ej about 15,000 francs. To lay the same $1,000 Is worth more nearly 4."?.00u francs. A: American tourist in France would onjov that idvantage. Hut the diplomat must Mtdl pay himself his normal salary of l&.OOo frSMCS only, worth $1,00) in the United Stat?s, and any collections over ii.at am >unt must revert to the govst unr t. If It .vere not for the legal techni? cality, the banks provide gg internat? ional medium lor paying such an agent his full salary of fvi.OOO at the current rate of exchange. I'nless this condition is remedied soon, it Is plain to be seen that .1 gen? eral disinclination to serve in sin h positions may develop, resulting in . real loss to the nation through im? pairment of its diplomatic service. PROHIBITION OF STRIKES. A time will come, in all probahll ilv, when strikes on Amerhnn rail raads and in other public utilities win be forbidden by law, when thai is done, however, it will come eusll) and naturally as a result of Industrial evolution which has hardly gone far enough yri to warrant such step. Today the notion is nol ready to (tolerate anything go drastic. A ma? jority <?f the employing und profes [atonal elaoaoi may favor it. but an overwhelming majority of tic wuge? earners arc against it. Xo real re? form or lasting progress oan bo made by trying to coerce that wage, earn-; er's majority by hostile legislation, i Heal progress is to be made only by winning their minds ? persuading them that such a law is right an I i consonant with American liberty. In the mind of any union work? man, and almost any non-union work? man for that matter, there is a feel? ing that however justifiable strike pro? hibition may h>- in theory, in practice it mcuns abolishing H natural right, the right to use the only weapon he regards as really effective to protect his interests?the right to unit work? ing by general agreement when his welfare is threatened, and to stay away from his work long enough to forco recognition of his claims. it is natural for workmen to think I in this wuy because the machinery of arbitration Is so new and because there is not yet established a system of peaceful adjudication which com? mands their confidence. It the Wtrike lOSJsj age is ever to be reached, it will be through strengthening such agencies and showing that they ar worthy of confidence Then, in time, it may be possible to forbid strikes without doing violence to popular ' sentiment, though it will hardly be necessary then except- to suppress ""outlaw" strikers. Till: lUSlNI.SS Si l t ATION The controlling ami outstanding factor today Is the relatively small movement of raw materials and man? ufactured goods even at reduced prices. This is because stocks of goods in the hands -of retailers are sufficient to meet the needs ot a some? what lessened demand of the con? suming public. Consumers are re? stricting their btiyins .n part because of some curtailment of their purchas? ing power, but even more because of a willingness to wait until retail prices reflect the lower I vels of pri? mary prices. Improvement of business activity awaits adjustment of retail prices to a level satisfactory to the public. It is clour4 that farmers, for example, who constitute the largest single class of customers and who have al? ready experienced a BUl >sta ntial re? duction in the prices of their products will not renew their buying on any? thing other than a hand-to-mouth scale until the price of what they l?uy bears a closer relation to the price of what they have to sell. This necessary readjustment of prices to consutm i s is now under way and will he expected to make more rapid pro? gress In the future. Its progress will be hastened by the coming into the market of goods which are already being produced on lower cost levels for labor and material. The fundamental relationship of banking and business now becomes Clearly* ni*futrent. Uoth are concern? ed in the present situation; and the interests of both demand that the re? adjustment be gone through with in orderly fashion, so that business ac? tivity may be resumed on a sound ba? sis. Sentiment respecting forward con? ditions, which until lately had been almost uniformly depressed, is now noticeably !iuprov:ng in many direc? tions. This better feeling does not go to the point of optimism, but then* is evident a degre of confidence which was previously lacking, in the ability of commerce and industry' to meet the future successfully and to conduct business with reasonable profit, What is now required is oourage and respect for fundamental econom? ic principles. Artificial palliatives Which are being urged with a view to obviating the difficulties of the ad* justmcnt?particularly proposals in? volving further inllation and cheap ning of credit? must be avoided, Such measures. If adopted, could only re? sult in the Impairment of the strength Of the credit structure and In prolonging and increasing the dif? ficulties Of an adjustment which world-wide conditions have made Inevitable.?National Hank of Com? merce. j too Mien CREDIT, PERHAPS. Credit mc;1ns Inflation, It usually means higher prices, it is true, but prices based not on actual, but on ! fictitious values. We might remember j that, In our present demand for cred? it to hold crops. What good will it I do us to Store UP thO crops of 1930 for a higher price, with another crop doming on In 1911? what we need now is a market -a way to distribute jour stuff. We have listened to the ?advice of those* .Who told us to hold our wheat for three dollars a bush el, and now we find that they advlaed us badly. Perhaps those who Insist on unlimited credit so thai we may hold back for two-dollar corn and dollar oats are advising us badly. We are, In fact, beginning to suspect the soundness of their economic theories. The advioe Of those who say that it* is a good plan to market n little every month to move the stuff Off gradual? ly while an honest effort is being made to dnd o foreign market for our surplus, sounds more reasonable. We can't gel out Of our present pickle by going further into debt.?Farm Life. Great Exhorted "An old-fashioned preacher, you Sa\ ??? "Ah! you should have heard him. That man must he a power for got*l " " Yes?" "Ho gave us 16 minutes of fire and brimstone without once stopping to Ink< s drink of water or plear his throat."? Birmingham Age-Herald, NEW STYLE FOOTBALL TACTICS Ohio State University Develops Aerial Attack to Greater Stage cf Perfection Than Any Other Team Columbus, Doc. 30.---Aerial attack, or Iii?? forward passing aiyle of play, has been developed to u greater atage of perfection by Ohio state Univer? sity's football eleven than by any team In the contry? according to foot? ball experte, and it is on this form of offensive that the Buckeyes w ill de pend for victory when fhey face tin ITniversity Of California team at the tournament of roses at Paaodena, L'al. New year's day. Only one team In the middle west Notre Dame -could !??? considered as even a rival of OhioState in forward ]>ass plays and foal football experts consider the Ohio passes superior to even those of the late George Gipp, Notre Dame's star hurler, primarily because Ohio state is adept at every type of pass?whether running, stand? ing, double, triple or of the "screen" type. Two men form the nttcelui Of Ohio State's aerial attack? H?ge Workman 10 year old Quarterback who last fall played his first season on the team, and "Pete" Stlnchomb, who made the mythical lib American team. Workman Is the most accurate pas? ser seen in the middle west since the overhead attack was made legal. He throws from any positron and any dis? tance and nearly always gets tho hall within reaching distance of the re? ceiving player, whether that man be running or Standing Still. Btinchcomb's greatest work Is In receiving passes. He is the fastest man on the team and gets many yards down the field before Workman in ready to throw. Btinchcomb takes the ball while traveling at full speed and If Workman's pass does happen to be a little wide, Btinchcomb gen? erally Is able to get to it before it touches the ground. Once he has the Lall .the little half back has bettei than an even chance to ra long run, for his dodging, twisting and side stepping' make him on almost impos- I stole aian to stop. Nearly all Of the Ohio passes are played from a punt formation, but the team runs so many Other plays from this formation that it is impos? sible for the opponents to "lay" for the passes. Line bucks, end runs and off tackle dashes all may be started trom a kicking arrangement. Probably the most successful play of the Ohio State team is the run? ning pass, for in this play it is op? tic rail with the passer to buck through the line, circle end or pass the ball Workmen, In the kicke r's position, re? ceives the ball and with his backneld as interference starts around end Btinchcomb, through his great speed (asiiy outdistances the- interference and gets far ahead. Then, with Stanchcomb, the other two backs, and Workman, who trails behind, cutting a wide circle around end, the play is in Kill swing and it depends on the Immediate circum? stances whether it is a run or a pass. If the chances are good to ra gain, Workman continues with the ball. If he is about to be tackled, the quar? terback leaps high In the air throws to Btinchcomb while s;il! on the run, the latter receiving without Stopping, or else turns completely around and hurls o the other end. It is tho most beautiful play in football and never fails to bring cheers even from the opposition grandstand when success? ful. The standing pass is somewhat dif? ferent. From the Same kicking for? mation, WO lit man receives the ball. Stinchcomb circles end, but Workman simply st i*s back toward his ow n goal With the other two backs protec ? ting him. With this Interference he frequently waits many seconds before passing. When he finally has picked out a crevice, the ball is lined to him. This play, however, is more dangerous than the running pass, for if no receiver is available1 Workman is almost sure to be thrown for a ten or fifteen yard loss unless he can dodge? through for a few yards. Another type of pass used by t ihlo state successfully is the "screen" pass. In this play tho ball is not thrown to any one player, but la sim? ply tossed down the field and it is up to some- one of a group of players who are clashing in the direction in which to pigskin Is to be hurled, to recover it before it reaches the ground. This I play also is from the kick formation with Workman as the passer. As the backneld players dash down the Held the ball is thrown toward them. One cries for it and the others Immediately act as a screen, to prevent oppoeition Iplayers from interfering with the man who has been designated as the receive;-, it is a fast play, for the passer has no protection and must ge-t the- ball away quickly. A t'e\\ double and triple passes are used by Ohio State, but primarily the aerial attack depends on the running, standing or screen pass. au pas* 8 vary In length, sometimes being only a. few yards and at other times trav eing hair the length of the Held. Profiteers Intimidated Bilbao, Dec. D.- The mere an? nouncement by a shoe dealer here (that he had made a contract with an I American Arm to semi 35,000 pairs of shot s tO Bllbon "a trial wilh a view to further orders produced a panic among the storekeepers ol this city. The announcement stated the Ameri? can shoes would be s?.id at half the pn vailing price ot tin home-made ar? ticles. Immediately afterward prices I came dow n with n run. The local newspapers advise other lot alltles to follow tin' lead of the northern city and thus put a. stop to pi oflte? ring. Nature is Kind. ??.My wife speaks sis different Ian guegba." ^Unlucky men'" ? uh, it s all l i^ht. She can't speak more than one at a time, forturtat? 1 ly.f?Boston Ti anscrlpt. DENIES HOUS? TON ESTIMATE Thinks Bonus liill Would Cost Only One Billion, Eight Hun? dred .Million Dollars Washington, Dec. 28.-?Testimony i)\ Secretary Houston of the treasury department before the senate Hnance committee yesterday placing the cost of carrying put thi pending adjusted compensation or soldier bonus bill at' 12,800,000.000 was characterised by P, \v. Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion, In a st;:i. ment tonight, as - a scuttle lish skir? mish to muddy the waters so thai the principle Involved can be clouded Into figures thai mean nothing." Mr. Galbraith estimated the maximum ! amount the bonus bill would cost the government ;.t 11,878,800,000. "Secretary Houston's whole presen? tation of the matter," said the legion commander, "was misleading and de? signed to frighten the country into a repudiation of Its obligation to ex service mt n. The general impression was conveyed by ids testimony that the passage of the adjusted com? pensation bill would entail the im? mediate appropriation of billions of dollars by the government and se? riously cripple the Financial condition of the treasury at the present time. I The facts are that appropriations necessary to carry out all features of the bills except that of cash compen? sation would he negligible for this year and for several years to come. and that i ppropriatlons for cash com? pensation are not asked until July. 1821, and are to be spread over a period of two years." COTTON LETTER (Furnished by Mae Do well ?fc Co.) New Orleans. I >ec. 30, -17pen re? flection, after enduring the most drastic shrinkage in values during a year of modern times, the country at the close of the old year Is confident as to th< future. While general conditions -'?t home and abroad are nut what could b< con? sidered cheert'ur nevertheless sre probably on the road to Improve? ment, a development likely to be slow but continuous as the new year grows ??hier. The low prices for commodities and materials now a reality have made it possible for a gradual revival In busi? ness from new on. During the long p< rlod Of deflation, stocks Of goods have been greatly re? duced and stocks of raw cotton in spinners hands have been lowered considerable, particularly as regards holdings by Southern .Mills. At the close of November northern mills held a stock of raw cotton of 568,000 hales vs. 586,000 bales IsSt year while Southern mill res< rves were down only 558,000 against E 056,000 on*1 year ago. Unfavorable comment was made regards this weeks statement of Ihe Lank of England which showed p< serves In proportion to liabilities, re ducd to 7.30 per cent vs. 7.70 p&r cent last week, the lowest percentage since 186S. However, England i? progressiv? when it comes to business, the Brit? isher being a past master in the art of finance- and commerce and the low i reserve of the bank of feBnglaad is at? tributed t<? England extending credits to the more distressed countries of Europe with the view of reviving business. I Meanwhile, the public must nor expect too much in the trade inv provement Immediately after (he New Tear as business is not likely to be- | come very much better until aext spring. In the meantime captains of in? dustry and limine?' take a favorable View Of the present situation and an? ticipate better eventually, but for the immediate future can only offer en? couragement, In conclusion we desire to keep be? fore our readers the probability.of a radical reduction in the cotton acre? age at planting time and of Egypt's decision already announced to cut the acreage In that country one-third next year. These developments will have a bullish Influence ultimately. NEW YOHK COT/ON Month Open High Low Close Close Jan. ... 1 1.60 H.To 14.Ot 14.10 14.62 Men. ...l4.oa 14.12 18.65 18.65 i?..S7 May ...14.05 14.17 13.75 18.75 13.01 July ... 14.18 1 1.25 1 :'.s<? 13.85 1 1 <>s Oct. ...14.20 14.26 18.83 18.00 I4.lt spots 40 off; middling 11.60. NEW ORIJSAX8 COTTON East Month <tp?,n High Low close Close Jan. . . . 13.13 13.2*J 12.89 12.01 13.13 Mch. 18.82 13.53 13.05 18.06 13.42 May ...13.58 i::.7."> 13.28 13.32 13.51 July ,..13.75 13.85 13.40 13.48 13.63 net . 13.95 1 S.95 18.51 13.73 Dec'. . . . 18.04 Spots unchanged; middling 13.50. LITERPOOL COTTON. Close January. '?'?-,,? February .,. ;,:;s March . April .i.. 0. May .? .1 une . July . ?.81 Sepo mber . 0.83 October . '?'?s:{ November . 0.88 December . 0.38 ?.t 7 Government Cotton Grader's Ofllce, The following reports K?ve the prices pall on the stated markets'on December L* S S G S E E G M M 84 M M O Sumter 18% 13 12 10 s 6H CoTbla IStt 18 i- 10 s 64 Man'ng 13 M Et 12 10 I ou Bp'vllle EP- 13 12 io S 6'.. They started in yesterday t<> mn all the crooks out of Ne w York. That will probably ,M' one lonesome 'own ?W d.iy?* Oroonsboio N. C, TO ACCEPT REDUCTION Six Textile Unions Vote in Mas? sachusetts Kali River, Mass.. I tec 2*.?The six textile unioni of the American fed erotion of Textile Opetnttvnn, *i meet in ks tonight v<?t(,i to accept wage reduction <>t' 21 1-2 per cent, recently announced bj the manufac? turers elective January S, 1911. The action of the unions affects appnoxl* mate'- 35,000 employeeM In 1H> cotton 'loth and yarn mills ii. the city. The in.:<.ns of the loomfhtera and the slasher tenders voted unanlmouu* ly to accept the reduction and the carders' ami weaverfc' unions accept ed under protest. The spinners* union Indicated thai iis members thought the reduction ioo great. The yarn tin iah era' union accepted by a close vote. ? FIREBUGS IN PENNSYLVANIA Unsuccessful Attempt Made to Hum Hotel Near Tniontown LTniontown, Pa., Dee. 2*.? Arnsedl guards earl) today frustrated an at* tempt to burn the hotel at Battr Junc? tion, near here. They drove off t*v<> nu n who had Bred a quantity of in flammables placed in room of the lirst Moor. Tin.- gueata who srero u wakened by the shots joined in the chase, buf the Incendiaries ??scaped. BAPTISTS II \ \ l: MADE M i:i (U s iXcilEAgB Nashville, TennM Doc 2y.?White baptists *n tin South have increased more than two and ? half times as rapidly as th<- population of this sec lion during the past twenty years, ac? cord ng to information jusi compiled by i?r. )?:. p. Alldredge secretary 'of the department of survey, ita turtles and information of the Baptist Sunday school board. The EinpUat Increanein theraliership since Li00 has been 14.1 per cent, while the gain in population ror the south durtog that time has bet n IJ per cent. The ?,ain in annual contributions to missions ami benevoh mas during the same period has been m arly 1,000 per cent. These tabulations are made up frossj the annual reports of only those local churches which co-operate with the Southern Baptist convention. r.. way of comparison, the report shows thai In 1000 Southern Baptiata had 7.;? associations while today there arc ?25, representing a wain of 25.6 per conti In L9lo there won 18, t?4:t local churches which number has bei r increased to 25,291 today, a, gain, of 32.1 per cent; there BfOPO 1 . 604,413 bona tide members in 1000 and L'.'.uil,:: IS in 1929, a gain of 84.1 * per cent; 9 Til Sunday schoola twen? ty years ago, and i ~.?;v?> toosty, an [ncrease of ^2.1 per cent; 139,941 Sun? day school pupils in itOO and 1.SS6,* ";;?? today, a gain of 1ST per cent. An* nual gifts to missions and benovosstic ea in 1990 were $Tui. 323.38 while this sum has increax -d to $7,23 1,226.s ~. today, an advance In 20 yean of 04", .'! per (Suit; tQjtal contributions pec year to all purpopeee in 1000 were 13,0*9,606.12, while l y ls2o they had climbed to 121,327,444.67, an ad? vance of 5St per cent; and the value of local church property In 1994 was |19t437,S2I, while m li?20 that val? uation had ( limbed to $7U73,72S, an Increase of -->2 par cent. ? -U- t Dead at 107 Years Old Honolulu, Dec, Li,?A kingdom now almost forgottOn was in the making at the time of*birth of Mrs. Kai.i Waiki. reputed to be the oldest 070man In Hawaii, who died here yes? terday. !t has been established that. Mrs. Waiki was more than seven years old al the time of the landing of the first missionaries on Hawaiian shores. The centennial celebration of the ad? vent of Chridtlan teachers was held here last April. Mrs. YVaikai's aye was given by relatives as 1ST years, y months. Kaineiiaineha. known as the Con? queror, the greatest of the Hawaiian kings, was completing his conquest and consolidation of the Hawaiian Is Inda when lira, Wialhal was born. This kingdom remained under the sway of Kanu bameha and his suc? cessors until the establishment of the (provisional government in ls'.^i. Mrs. YVaikai was two years old when the [tattle of Waterloo was fought in liel gium shattering Napoleon's dream of world dominion. A century later when William of Germany attempted ;, like achievement with similar re? sults. Mrs. WatkaI already was a cen? tenarian. Mrs. Waikai had lived in Honolulu for 79 ream, and retained her faculties until death. She v*tk? horn at Kona, Island of Hawaii. Removing Bodies Of Soldiers l ion dance Paria, Dec I..?Exhumation of tin bodies Of the American soldiers burie, at Bony cemetery, all men of the 27th (New York National Guard) and the SOth (Wildcat, from Tennessee and North and South Carolina) division*, began today. Of 1,707 bodies In t*\2 cemetery about 900 will Ih? returns*. [to the Cnlted States and the remain? der will not bo disturbed. Bony is [to be one of the four permanent cemo lt Cries in Kranee. and other bodies will be moved into the cemetery, but thl? work will not start until the work of sending bodies to America has been com pbt ed. It is the first big battlefield ceme? tery to be reo dual b\ the army ex? humation units. The district is so de? vastated thsd there is no shelter for the workers and n train had to be pro? vided to make quarters for them. The winter weather lut* also s- t in at movable sheds have h A |c< tmica ' Von vowed yo at the altar!* "Yes. but we